Alfred Madison Killed in Auto Plunge at Beaver Falls
Alfred Madison 25 of 602 West Washington New Castle died early today when his car left Eastdale hill and plunged 25 feet down an embankment across Beaver River from Beaver Falls. His companion Wesley MecFate 1501 8th Beaver Falls was injured but not seriously. The car owned by Charles Evans and Winifred Moore veered off the road after being forced from Bennett's Run road by a passing truck which did not stop. Madison died at Providence hospital. MecFate and Madison were en route from New Castle to Beaver Falls. Funeral plans pending.
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Eastdale Hill
Beaver River
Beaver Falls
Alfred Madison
Washington Street
New Castle
Wesley MecFate
8Th Street
Madison
Providence Hospital
McFate
Charles Evans
Winifred Moore
Evans
Bennett's Run
Darrel Burke
New Departure At Wampum Plant Announced For CrescentWork
At the Crescent plant of Medusa Portland Cement Company a 275 person dinner heard wage increases and new benefits. President J B John announced a future wage raise, group insurance up to 1000 dollars, sick and accident cover with 10 dollars weekly benefit, and a profit sharing plan based on 4 percent rise if profits permit. Watches and chains were awarded to 30 employees for 25 years service. Production revival expected around April 15.
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Crescent
Medusa Portland Cement Company
Castleton
J. B. John
Group Insurance
John
W. H Grinnen
Young Pa Newc Observes Mushball Debut
Young Pa Newc witnessed his first mushball game of the season on South Mill and Division streets signaling summer’s approach. Downtown shoppers saw two Boy Scouts signaling near the Elks club and Trinity church as police monitor intersections for stop violations and red lights. A coconut decorated the News business office counter as the page continues on to page ten.
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Young Pa Newe
South Mill
Division Streets
Elks Club
Trinity Church
Pa Nene
the News
Flor
Daily Weather Report 24 Hour Period Ending 9 A.M.
U S weather reports show for the period ending at 9 this morning. Maximum 42 degrees. Minimum 19 degrees. Precipitation heavy frost. River stage 7.2 feet. Year ago same date: Max 69, Min 39, precip .13 inches.
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U. S
School Bus And Auto Crash Kills Woman In Toledo
Authorities investigated a crash at a road intersection in Toledo. A woman, Irene Rick, 25, who drove the car, died. Ten others were injured, including nine of the 65 bus passengers and Mrs Rick's companion.
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International News Service
Toledo
Irene Rick
Rick
Young Woman Leaps To Death In Pittsburgh Office
Virginia Peach a Baltimore born nurse who recently moved to Pittsburgh to mend a broken romance jumped from the 12th floor of a downtown office building where she worked for a dentist. Her aunt Mrs Anna Glamser said she had been moody since arriving here.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Virginia Peach
Baltimore
Anna Glamser
The
Pressed Steel Car Company
Shanghai
China
Annamore Academy
Fire Drives 100 Inmates From Jersey Almshouse
A blaze at the Burlington county almshouse in New Lisbon forced more than 100 inmates to safety. Forty bedridden patients were moved to nearby hospitals. Among rescues were Mary Asay, claimed to be 114, and Joseph Willow, 103, who helped lead seniors to safety as the interior built in 1895 was wrecked and losses exceed $100,000.
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International News Service
New Lisbon
N. J
Burlington County
Mary Asay
Joseph Willow
California to New Zealand in Four Days Pan American Clipper lands in New Zealand after 7000 mile flight
Auckland reports the Pan American Clipper completed the final leg from Alameda California to New Zealand in about 12 hours after departing Pago Pago American Samoa. Captain Edwin N Musick led a crew of seven airmen on the 7000 mile journey concluding the Atlantic crossing route.
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Aukland
N. Z
California
New Zealand
Alameda
Cal
Edwin N. Musick
Fire In Mansion Takes Boy’s Life
A. Grant Fraser, 13, son of the Shell Petroleum Corp president, suffocated in a bedroom fire that gutted a 21 room mansion. Police estimate damage at 50,000 dollars. cause of fire not immediately known.
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International News Service
ST. Louis
A. Grant Fraser
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Avalanche Buries Yugoslav Easter Party Near Laibach
Nine Jugoslavian climbers were killed when an avalanche buried a 20 member Easter excursion party near Laibach in the Arawalen mountains. Reports reached Belgrade today.
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Belgrade
Laibach
Arawalen
Loyalists Claim Widespread Successes in Spain War Updates
Loyalist communique reports a 10 mile government advance in the Pozoblanco sector and minor gains on the Guadalajara front. Government warships shelled Rebel ports in Ibiza and Majorca while the Madrid Valencia road north of Arganda was freed by deliberate flooding. Rebels claim heavy losses at La Cruz Heights and report Saragossa within bombing range with chemical works and barracks damaged.
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Thomas A. Loayza
Madrid
Pozablanco
Guadalajara
Balearic
Ibiza
Majorca
Madrid- Valencia
Arganda
Avila
la Cruz
Madrid-Saragossa
Democratic Legislature Moves to Complete Governor Tax Plan
Harrisburg March action notes the Democratic legislature moving to finish Gov. Earle's 162 million tax program. The senate nears passage of a new public utility commission while dismantling the old Public Service Commission. House revisions delay the companion ripper bill and set foundation for new regulatory powers. Tax measures seek 28 million in two years, with 15 million from a five mill levy on manufacturing capital stock, 9 million from utility gross receipts, and 4 million from bank shares.
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A. Norman Gage
Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
Public Service Company
Earle
Senate
Public Service Commission
House
Detroit Parley Seeks End to Chrysler Strike
Governor Frank Murphy’s peace conference resumes in Lansing as Walter P. Chrysler rejects two union proposals. The deadlock hurdles a settlement until CIO leader John L. Lewis returns, amid Chrysler’s bid to bargain with any group of workers rather than exclusive UAW talks.
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International News Service
Lansing
Frank Murphy
Chrysler
Mich
Walter P. Chrysler
United Automobile Workers Union
General Motors
Vincent Bendix
John L. Lewis
New York
New York Miners Oppose Soft Coal Wage Talks Progress
Negotiations over a new soft coal wage hour contract continue as operators report progress while miners led by John L. Lewis deny any advance. Regional operator groups met to break a deadlock before the midnight contract expiry.
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International News Service
New York
Charles P. O'Neill
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Royalty Will Visit Capital
Honors for visiting royalty to be accorded Lord Tweedsmuir governor general of Canada and Lady Tweedsmuir on arrival for a two day visit to President and Mrs Roosevelt at the White House. Secretary Hull and Mrs Hull and other dignitaries will greet the visitors. The trip is in return for Roosevelt's visit to Canada last summer.
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Washington
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Lady Tweedsmuir
Roosevelt
White House
Cordell Hull
Hull
Marler
Army
Navy
Marvin McIntyre
Evelyn Venable Becomes Mother to a Newborn Daughter
Hollywood reports screen actress Evelyn Venable wife of director Hal Mohr became a mother on March 30 to a daughter named Roalia Venable Mohr. The announcement notes the child’s birth and confirms the family name.
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Hollywood
Evelyn Venable
Hal Mohr
Roalia Venable Mohr
WPA Headquarters to Move Next Week
The Works Progress Administration district 14 will relocate from the old post office to the knitting mill site on South Mill Street starting April 3. Removal of equipment and furniture will take several days, with completion hoped by the evening of April 5, per Director J. Vale Downie.
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The
Works Progress Administration
District 14
Post Office
South Mill Street
J. Vale Downie
Vast Extension Of State Power In Minimum Wage Ruling
The Supreme Court's 5 to 4 decision upholding Washington state female minimum wage laws signals a broad expansion of state power over social legislation. Lawyers anticipate potential extension to men’s wages and working hours, though federal power questions remain unresolved.
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Williams. Neal
Charles Evans Hughes
Son Kills Father and Wounds Family in Lathams Incident
State police report John Ireland, 40, killed his father Edward Ireland, 75, and wounded his mother and two state troopers during a home attack in suburban Lathams. Four additional troopers were fired upon before capturing Ireland, who had recently been released from a state hospital.
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S International News
Albany
N. Y
John Ireland
Lathams
Edward
Ireland
Dr Mildred Rogers to resign WPA post in district 14
Dr Mildred Rogers supervisor of the Women's Sewing projects in district 14 WPA will relinquish her post effective April 15. She has improved sewing rooms across four counties and the district ranks third in the state for women employed. No successor has been appointed.
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Mildred Rogers
District 14
Works Progress Administration
Rogers
WPA
J. Vale Downie
Grill Man In Triple New York Murder Case
George Gueret, 46, grilled by police over the triple murder of Veronica Gedeon, her mother and a lodger in New York. Bloodstained handkerchiefs found in Gueret’s room sparked interest though he claims a nosebleed explains stains. Reports of a prior quarrel with Miss Gedeon surface as investigators consider motive and alibi.
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Veronica
Ronny) Gedeon
New York
Mary Gedeon
Frank Byrnes
Gedeon
Joseph Gedeon
Triple New York
News Sery
George
Frenchy) Gueret
Veronica Gedeon
Gueret
Claim Arrest Solves Slaying
A arrest is reported in connection with a slaying case, with authorities claiming the arrest resolves the investigation and identifies the principal suspect. Details on the victim, location, and charges were not disclosed in the brief bulletin.
Buffalo Youth Arrested in Babock Murder Case
Thomas Smith, 18, was arrested in South Buffalo in connection with the murder of 18 year old Mary Ellen Babock whose battered body with nine stab wounds was found February 6. Police say Smith confessed after being implicated by 14 year old Frances Fitzgerald who reported the stabbing.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Thomas Smith
Mary Ellen Babock
South
Smith
Frances Fitzgerald
St Marys Church Holds Third Annual Reception Crowded Ballroom
Several thousand attended the St Marys church third annual reception on Monday night March 29. The event filled the cathedral dining rooms with dancing bingo and cards until midnight as post Easter social activities opened. Proceeds support the church and school with gifts awarded to H R Waldman of Youngstown and to Harry G Haines of 417 East Garfield Avenue.
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St. Mary’s Church
William F. Galvin
St. Mary's Church
H. R. Waldman
Youngstown
Harry G. Haines
East
Garfield Avenue
Bowling Ball Injures Two at City Exhibition
At an outdoor Franklin field alley a novice bowler hurled a heavy ball that flew 60 feet into the air and struck two men. Robert Kenny, 30, from Brighton, suffered a head gash while Kenneth Dunham, 38, of Lexington, was hit in the face and hospitalized.
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International News Service
Boston
Franklin Field
City Hospital
Robert Kenny
Brighton
Kenneth Dunham
Lexington
Bank Hold Up Near Huron Ohio Reported
Two armed men held up the Berlin Heights Banking company in Berlin Heights near Huron and fled toward Lorain in an automobile with an undetermined amount of money.
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International Huron. O
Berlin Heights Banking Company
Lorain
Deaths in Our Community Notables and Residents
Alfred Madison age 25 of 602 West Washington street Mrs M W Young 79 of East Brook Daniel Perrett Jr 14 of 516 South Jefferson street Robert G Snodgrass 82 of Moravia George W Hopper 89 of Chicora listed in local death notices with ages and addresses.
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Daniel Perrett, Jr
South
Jefferson Street
Robert G. Snodgrass
Moravia
George W. Hopper
Chicora
Spring Ramble to the Open Road and Garden Work
The speaker notes a breeze and blue sky as a shy robin sings. He envisions a spring road trip but faces a sizeable yard workload before summer, with weeds to kill and flowers to plant. The reflection ends noting a forty six year old birthday and ongoing winter to spring work.
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Supreme Court
State Hospital
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Miss Gedeon
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